Unblocking the Oracle VM Manager (OVM) Command Line Interface (CLI)

If OVM CLI queries block as follows . . .

OS>

/usr/local/bin/sshpass -p <OvmPassword> ssh -p <OvmPort> admin@<OvmHost> "show server name=<NameOfTheVmToQueyFor>"

Permission denied, please try again.

Logon to the OVM host (<OvmHost> from above) as OS root user and restart the OVM CLI:

# service ovmcli stop

Stopping Oracle VM Manager CLI   [  OK  ]

# service ovmcli start

Starting Oracle VM Manager CLI   [  OK  ]

# service ovmcli status

Oracle VM Manager CLI is running...

Now you can retry the query from top:

OVM> show server name=<NameOfTheVmToQueyFor>

Command: show server name=<NameOfTheVmToQueyFor>

Status: Success

Time: 2018-01-26 12:17:23,011 CET

Data:

  Status = Running

  Role 1 = Utility

  Role 2 = Vm

  Ip Address = 159.*********

  Maintenance Mode = Off

  Inbound Migration Locked = No

  Agent Login = oracle

  Statistic Interval = 40

  NTP Server 1 = b****************

  NTP Server 2 = m******************

  BIOS Vendor = HP

  BIOS Version = P70

. . .

I hope it helps.